Delaware

Delaware Famous

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

A

Richard Allen slave, founder and first bishop african methodist episcopal church (born in PA)

Charles Allmond sculptor

B

Richard Bassett politician

James Asheton Bayard politician

Thomas F. Bayard politician

Gunning Bedford, Sr. politician

Valerie Bertinelli actress

Robert Montgomery Bird novelist, playwright, photographer

Emily P. Bissell leader social civic causes

Jacob Broom politician, businessman

Clifford "Brownie" Brown trumpeter

Clayton Bouglass Buck, Sr. politician

David P. Buckson politician

C

Henry Canby author

Annie Jump Cannon astronomer

Joseph M. Carey politician

Michael N. Castle politician

John Middleton Clayton statesman

Joshua Clayton physician, politician

Thomas Collins politician, president of delaware

D

John Dickinson politician, "penman of the revolution"

Alfred Du Pont industrialist, philanthropist

E. I. Du Pont industrialist

Henry Algermon Du Pont industrialist, philanthropist

Henry Francis Du Pont industrialist

Pierre Du Pont industrialist

E - J

Oliver Evans inventor

Yvette Freeman actress

Dallas Green baseball player, manager

Henry Heimlich surgeon

John Hunn abolitionist

Doug Hutchison actor

Eldridge Reeves Johnson inventor phonograph

William Julius "Judy" Johnson baseball player

Jacob Jones naval officer

L - N

Ray Charles "Sugar Ray" Leonard boxer

Thomas MacDonough naval officer

Jack Markell politician

John Phillips Marquand author

William McGowan baseball umpire

John McKinly first president of delaware (born in Ireland)

Louis McLane statesman

Ruth Ann Minner first female governor of delaware

Daniel Nathans microbiologist, nobel prize laureate

P

Ryan Phillippe actor

Teri Polo actress

Howard Pyle illustrator, author

R - S

George Read american patriot, jurist

Louis L. Redding attorney, civil rights advocate

Edward Willis Redfield artist

Judge Reinhold actor

Caesar Rodney patriot, statesman; elected president of the state of delaware while serving as the major-general of the delaware militia